Sad Elephant Poems

The Indian elephant


I knew of an Indian elephant who worked at a circus 
on an act where unhappy animals sit up and beg 
and sad...

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My heart aches at thought of elephants' plight
Those splendid ivory tusks ignite
Killing spree that's totally senseless
Brutality against absolute defenceless.

Elephants roamed with freedom graced
Then intruders arrived...

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I am in love with him
He doesn’t know what love is
I want to stay up all night with him 
When his mind is playing tricks...

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Nothing Like an Elephant

nothing has come or soon has went
to ever top an elephant
she is a dedicated half
to her precious little calf

nothing’s as mad or...

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I felt as if I was intruding, invading her space,
When instructed, I reached out and touched her face.
I stood in awe before South Africa’s gentle...

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I walk these plains of sun-dried grass 
  together in a row 
with other elephants and calves 
  to search for food- then...

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An elephant.
By Stanley Russell Harris

The elephant was so forlorn.
Was in a circus, there was born.
Chained day and night by one foot.
The chain so clanked when...

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Eddy was a very young elephant.  There was much Eddy did not know.  One day, Eddy felt sad and uncertain.  All of...

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I lie here, naked and exposed, splayed out upon
an open plain, under the hot, African sun, still as stone
slowly decomposing. My life fluids have drained...

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Indian Elephant 

I know of an Indian elephant that is small for it type, but very sharp.
 It worked in a circus one day it...

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The elephant was walking through the jungle one day
Swinging his trunk, this and that way.
He dragged it along not caring where still
And then he dragged...

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That's not my elephant!
My elephant has small ears
And I've had my elephant now
For years and years and years.

He likes to eat spaghetti 
And follows me...

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Just a boy of three
Oblique to be
Skeletal grow
Enraging flow
Proteus syndrome
Humbled him
 
Captured hearts
Applauded him so
Royalty he got to know
Elephant man he came to be
Youthful not...

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I need to win the Powerball
For my house is getting small
It's not exactly what I prefer
It's just the size of my elephant herd

Ceramic, glass, plaster...

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